]]>By: HTMLBasicTutorhttps://www.sitepoint.com/web-safe-color-palette-is-it-still-relevant/#comment-76697
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:59:38 +0000http://www.sitepoint.com/?p=30738#comment-76697What some designers don’t get is the average user does not tweak their monitor to the same optimal settings (Gama) as they do.

Things can look great on the designer’s machine but on the client’s or average surfer’s it looks terrible.

I can design something on my machine then check it on my laptop or the other “not tweaked” computer here and it will look different.

And yes, there is also an issue between PCs and Macs as Q.E.D. pointed out. Been there, done that!

]]>By: Q.E.D.https://www.sitepoint.com/web-safe-color-palette-is-it-still-relevant/#comment-76696
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:08:16 +0000http://www.sitepoint.com/?p=30738#comment-76696Has no one else noticed the discrepancy between colors on PCs and Macs? I have a page that I am designing on a PC with a background color whose hex code is identical to the blending code of the header image. It looks great on a PC but the colors do not translate the same on the Mac. Try it on each: http://www.desertmuseumdigitallibrary.org/kids/

When I take a screen shot on the Mac and bring up the hex codes in Photoshop, I find that the background color for the page actually has a different hex code from what I programmed. This happens across browsers. I’ve considered the websafe palette, but those colors are really limited. Any ideas?

]]>By: jasonhttps://www.sitepoint.com/web-safe-color-palette-is-it-still-relevant/#comment-76695
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:48:25 +0000http://www.sitepoint.com/?p=30738#comment-76695Web safe stopped being relevant with the browser adoption of PNGs. These days developers should be concerned with embedding the correct color profile so it renders ideal (or close to it) on client machines.
]]>By: Peter Parkerhttps://www.sitepoint.com/web-safe-color-palette-is-it-still-relevant/#comment-76694
Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:29:01 +0000http://www.sitepoint.com/?p=30738#comment-76694> unless you’re working for a client with a REALLY old computer who insists everything looks good on it